Deal shows change is unavoidable: Mercosur plan just a symptom

In an increasingly uncertain world, the idea of permanence is ephemeral; bedrock can begin to seem like sand. Change is accelerating and to survive we must adapt.

Two long-standing certainties — death and taxes — endure but in an Irish context, one unquestionable, largely because it went unquestioned, reality seems to have been redefined in recent days.